Wifi security

[Kylish]

Is there a way to hide my network from "outsiders" (if they can't find it they can't hack it!) But still allow friends who visit access if needed (i have a WPS button on the router)

Thanks!

[Chrisee]

@Kylish wifi "hacking' is not a significant risk for most people unless you are of interest to organised crime or state security services.  However you can stop your hub broadcasting its SSID so to log into the network people would have to know both the SSID and the psssword.

Its quite easy to do log onto hub by typing 192.168.0.1 in the address bar in a browser hit return, when the interface loads click on wifi and log in the username is always admin butvthe password is either sky for older hubs or the Wifi password printed on the label on the latest upright type..When the wifi page loads untick the box labelled allow broadcast of SSID or something similar and applybthe changes. If you have split the two wifi bands remember to do that on  page for each band as you have 2 SSIDs

[jamesn123 · Accepted solution]

@Kylish 

As @Chrisee has mentioned you can disable the broadcast of your SSID but if someone was really interested in hacking your WiFi that wouldnt stop them at all its a security measure that really doesnt make a difference anymore. 

[TimmyBGood]

@Kylish 

Serious 'hackers' use undisclosed hardware/software vulnerabilities bought for millions of dollars, and so probably aren't lurking within  WiFi range of your Hub.

The biggest vulnerability for domestic broadband exploitation is the label on the back of the router which has the password printed on it ; )

[Skull+Treaty]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

@Kylish 

Serious 'hackers' use undisclosed hardware/software vulnerabilities bought for millions of dollars,

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Tempora all over again 😏

[TimmyBGood]

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@Skull+Treaty wrote:

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Tempora all over again 😏

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I was thinking more of things like this one: exploitation of a previously undisclosed flaw in an app which had something like 1.5 billion users at the time, but the specific target just happened to be the richest man in the world  (and the apparent vector wasn't exactly insignificant either ; )

Local WiFi was probably less of an issue: I suspect both JB and MBS had quite good home routers...

[Skull+Treaty]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

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@Skull+Treaty wrote:

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Tempora all over again 😏

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I was thinking more of things like this one: exploitation of a previously undisclosed flaw in an app which had something like 1.5 billion users at the time, but the specific target just happened to be the richest man in the world  (and the apparent vector wasn't exactly insignificant either ; )

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Seems like it was only yesterday 😉